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Ok. I’m in a flood-the-market mode right now.

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Fader just upped my Luísa Maita “Lero Lero” remix. You can grab it here.

“The song stays sweet, he just kicks it along, quadrupling the drums, sneaking in garage bass wobble. You think it’s one thing then it reverbs out, guitars aren’t guitars anymore, chimes rain in and you burned the broccoli. We suck at cooking, she’s good at singing, he’s good at beats.”

Luísa performs tonight at SOB’s in Manhattan. You can’t sleep on voices this gorgeous.

& this Monday’s radio show is streamable:

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Luisa Mata Lero Lero 0:00:00 (MP3 |

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Chris Brown Deuces remix ft Drake Kanye TI Fabolous and (especially) Andre 3000 0:03:49 (MP3 |

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Oneotrix Point Never Emil Cioran Rifts 0:09:37 (MP3 |

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Natalie Storm & Redlight Bang Bang 0:12:37 (MP3 |

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Sleigh Bells Tell ‘Em (Kingdom remix) 0:15:28 (MP3 |

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Eskmo Trudge Willow Grail 0:19:06 (MP3 |

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Uncle Murda & Jadakiss1 They Don’t Know Me 0:23:27 (MP3 |

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Forest Swords Glory Gongs Dagger Paths 0:27:26 (MP3 |

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Kanye West Monster ft. Rick Ross Jay-Z and especially Nicki Minaj Of Light 0:32:26 (MP3 |

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Chants With You Onlooker Layered Music 0:38:44 (MP3 |

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Kumbia Queers Te Quiero Un Chingo La Gran Estafa del Tropipunk 0:44:31 (MP3 |

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Ceci Bastida & Julieta Venegas La Sofi Rita Indiana cover 0:47:19 (MP3 |

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Forest Swords Miarches Dagger Paths 0:50:02 (MP3 |

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Kayhan Kalhor & Erdal Erzincan Part I The Wind

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Radio tonight! WFMU 91.1fm 7-8pm EST. I don’t actually DJ during my WFMU slot. But sometimes I do on other people’s: check this 20minute mix I just dropped on Tom Ravenscroft’s BBC show.

Then mark yr calendar-devices and alert yr social networks: next Monday, November 8th, I’ll be joined by guests Julianne Escobedo Shepherd and Dapwell (“the funniest Das Racist”). Brilliant writer and editor Julianne will be discussing her taste in current DANCE MUSIC & divas via special selection of tunes. As for Dapwell – call him the skeptic. Gonna be good! The October show with Victor and Himanshu of Das Racist was real nice…

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Last Monday’s radio show: Monday October 25th – Rumors. A few Gregory Isaacs tribute songs, neo retro Peruvian chicha alongside vintage reissue Peruvian chicha, some ethereal Glasser, British people remixing each other, 16-ton cumbias rebajadas, and more…

Subscribe to the Mudd Up! podcast if you prefer downloadable versions, issued a week after FM broadcast: , Mudd Up! RSS. And don’t forget WFMU’s free iPhone app.

tracklist

Gregory Isaacs – Rumors
DJ Nate – Fade Da Black
Wiley – It’s Wiley
Gregory Isaacs – Gone A Jail (DJ C remix)
Los Chapillacs – La Cumbia Delincuencial
Chacalon y la Nueva Crema – A Trabajar
Rita Indiana y Los Misterios – Da Pa Lo Do
Mordant Music – Where Can You Scream?
Jamie Woon – Night Air (Ramadanman refix)
Los Vlamers – 16 Toneladas (rebajda)
Glasser – Home
Emsikta – autotune (Gulls edit)
Lamin Fofana – What Elijah Said
Glasser – Tremel
Orquesta Santa Martha – Amores de Mayo (rebajada)

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So I’ve been thinking a lot about cellphones lately. Portland’s Gulls just did an edit version of one of the tracks from ‘Music From Saharan Cellphones’ which I’ll be playing on the radio show tonight. Along with a Rita Indiana exclusive, new Stuff From Europe, tribal guarachero, superdeep cumbia rebajada, and, as always, more.

More is my favorite type of music, actually. Then comes 128kbps, one of my favorite musical genres. We are releasing a compilation called New York Tropical in a few weeks. Lots of new material by myself + Matt Shadetek, Lido Pimienta, DJ Orion, Kingdom remixing Rita Indiana, and more! You can download the entire album as ringtones (iPhone, etc) right now.

moral of the story: tune in to Mudd Up! Wfmu.org 91.1fm nyc, 7-8pm TONITE.

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Emsitka – autotune (Gulls edit)

In ‘Music From Saharan Cellphones’ the original tune is labeled ‘Niger – Autotune’. Chris from Sahelsounds has found out a bit more: the band is called Emsitka. They are indeed from Niger but live in Nigeria.

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They told me I could get geeked out on here so I’m going ham!

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Prime Minista (aka Sir Mix-A-Lot) – “No Excuses on the Bowl“

Last weekend, I spent 8 hours in the basement of Eagle Rock City Hall drinking coffee out of a styrofoam cup and cramming for the technician class amateur radio licensing exam. The class was taught by a couple of local hams who volunteer their time to help new people get involved with “the hobby”.

The infrastructure that most of us rely on for internet access is owned and operated by vertically-integrated corporations like Time Warner and Comcast. These organizations maintain virtual monopolies in American cities, leave rural and poor communities off the network, charge arbitrarily high prices for mediocre service, and then use our own money against us when they lobby Congress. It’s not sustainable, it’s not working, and we need to get serious about plan B before they start charging us an extra $10 per month for the “Walk on the Wild Side” plan.

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28Mhz – A61BK – United Arab Emirates – DUBAI – دبي – ドバイ

Hams know infrastructure. Long ago, they figured out how to make transcontinental contact by reflecting signals off of the ionosphere. Now they’re launching amateur satellite projects and experimenting with various forms of digital packet radio. In the vid below, you can hear Ultima designer and space tourist Richard Garriott making contact with Earth from the International Space Station via amateur radio.

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International Space Station – Richard Garriott – W5KWQ with PS8RF

“Hinternet” == “ham” + “internet”. It usually involves modifying off-the-shelf wi-fi routers and amplifying their output. Licensed hams are allowed to operate at much higher wattage than civilian operators. As a result, hams experimenting with amplified data transmission report making contact over distances as far as 6 miles!

For those of us accustomed to always-on broadband connections, periodic data transmission over radio will require rethinking our whole workflow — but the benefits of diversifying our network activities are huge. Imagine a repeater on a hill that constantly spits out mp3s to the neighborhood. Or a public messageboard accessible to the globe but no one needs a service provider to join in.

These things won’t exist unless we try building them so search for a class in your area and let’s all go ham.

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QRP Mountain-topping with FT817 – Ham Radio

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Last night’s radio show: Monday October 18th – DAS RACIST All Tan Everything Special. Lots to hear in this one! Heems’ great selection of Desi-related tunes keeps our ears ringing between increasingly funny / muddy / smart talk (race war, equestrian accidents involving Lupe Fiasco, “internet 3.0, you can drink it”, their ongoing Hot97 takeover, the Sleng Teng Wikipedia page and spiritual advisers…) Excuse the few subtle gaps, they were literally filled with sh–, as I edited out Victor’s swears on the fly with the Red Emergency Button. You can now stream the show in its FCC-clean goodness:

Subscribe to the Mudd Up! podcast if you prefer downloadable versions, issued a week after FM broadcast: , Mudd Up! RSS. And don’t forget WFMU’s free iPhone app.

 

tracklist

Sajid Kahn Ha Ram
Charanjit Singh Raga Megh Malhar
Das Racist #realtalk
Popo About A Boy
Das Racist #realtalk
Confusions Voice From The In
Das Racist
Jai Paul BTSTU
Das Racist #realtalk
Das Racist Commercial
Das Racist #realtalk
Das Racist Sit Down Man
Das Racist #realtalk
Shiv Kumar Batalvi Maye Ni Maen
Das Racist #realtalk
Aap Jaisa Koi Meri
Das Racist
Masta Ace Brooklyn Masaala
Koushik Nothing’s The Same

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It’s gonna be good: DAS RACIST has put together an amazing playlist of music from South Asia & diaspora for today’s special edition of MuddUp with DJ Rupture on WFMU 91.1fm. It starts with Queen! So tonight’s show is already next-level. Tune in live from 7-8pm EST, streaming worldwide via wfmu.org. (if this DR reminder is news to you, check this post).

And I’m very pleased to announce that my next radio guest wil be the always-inspiring writer / editor / superhero JULIANNE ESCOBEDO SHEPHERD (with a 78% chance of Dapwell)! She’ll be joining us on Monday November 8th. Keywords: DANCE MUSIC.

(I’m blogging this on a phone on BoltBus. Now I’m bus-sick. Dedication vs stupidity).

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Last Monday’s radio show : October 11, 2010 – 2 Hour StretchOut Special.

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Subscribe to the Mudd Up! podcast if you prefer downloadable versions, issued a week after FM broadcast: , Mudd Up! RSS. And don’t forget WFMU’s free iPhone app.

tracklist:

Jean Baudrillard Xerox & Infinity cassette 0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Hildur Gudnadóttir Light Mount A 0:04:26 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Mark McGuire The Vast Structure of Recollection Living With Yourself 0:08:22 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Jean Baudrillard Le Xerox et l’Infini 0:10:42 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Jesu Heart Ache 0:14:39 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Pocz Backdrop 0:15:33 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Jamie Woon Wayfaring Stranger (Burial mix) 0:19:28 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Oudaden Adawn Isaad Rbi 0:21:25 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Hassan El Houssini track 1 Instrumenta Regada Avec… 0:37:38 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Hassan El Houssini track 1 stretching out! its great 0:46:54 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Glasser Plane Temp Ring 0:54:03 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
DJ Nate A+ Mayhem Da Trak Genious 0:57:48 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
TLC FanMail FanMail 0:59:39 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
DJ Nate Sexual Healing Da Track Genious 1:03:35 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Kingdom Hottest In America GO KINGDOM 1:05:32 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Ray Ray Tell Em (Juke James remix) 1:09:39 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Rita Indiana ft DJ Ricky El Juidero remix 1:11:51 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Matt Shadetek & Lamin Fofana Sunshine City New York Tropical 1:15:31 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Anbb I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground 1:18:05 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Flying Lotus Pie Face Pattern & Grid World 1:19:46 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
DJ Rashad Ghost SHOUT OUT TO DAVE QUAM ! ITS AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD CHICAGO STAND UP 1:22:13 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Drake I Get Lonely Too 1:27:55 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Gonjasufi Ageing (Dam Mantle Remix) The Caliph’s Tea Party 1:30:50 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
The Books Enjoy Your Worries, You May Never Have Them Again 1:34:42 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Saeed Avenue of Love Persian Underground (V/A) 1:38:36 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Daoudi Ayta Daodia Maghrebi Dance Party 1:40:48 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Omar Khorsid Hazihi Laylati Tribute To Oum Koulsoum 1:43:48 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Haji Sufi Sellem li ala Khatebti Jabaliaate vol. 1 1:44:38 (MP3 | Pop‑up )
Hassan El Houssini side b Instrumenta Regada Avec…

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first up, today is a Very Special Edition of Mudd Up! Radio on WFMU, because I’ll be going from 6-8pm. It’s always nice to do a double shift (two hours instead of my usual action-packed 60minutes). Tune in early!

then get ready for the following week:

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DAS RACIST! We’ll be broadcasting live from the combination Pi… I mean, Das Racist are rising rap stars, post-meta, consisently awesome, endlessly quotable, and “super credible.” Their 2010 output of next-level mixtapes, videos, and video games is simply astonishing. So – mark yr calendars and alert yr Social Networks: next Monday, October 18th, I catch up with Das Racist to talk about Ford trucks, apple pie, and bald eagles!

If you haven’t heard Sit Down Man then remedy that. Here are 2 jams from it:

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Das Racist – Fashion Party

& this song is crazy, for a great many reasons

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Das Racist – Return To Innocence

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Last night’s radio show: September 27, 2010 – quiet sounds for a rain-streaked night.

Subscribe to the Mudd Up! podcast if you prefer downloadable versions, issued a week after FM broadcast: , Mudd Up! RSS. And don’t forget WFMU’s free iPhone app.

 

Sept 27 2010 tracklist

Islaja – Joku Toi Radion

Eskmo – The Melody

James Blake – The Bells Sketch

How To Dress Well Escape Before The Rain

Tamikrest – Aratane N’Adagh

Sahl La Guido – Ndarka

Eskmo – Cloudlight

Philip Jeck – All That’s Allowed

Niger – AutoTune

King Abid – Yezzi mel Viss Mashmixxx

Huess – Broke

Alkibar Gignor – Rehearsal

How To Dress Well – Decisions ft. Yuksel Arslan

Enrique Diaz – Tu Sombra (rebajada)

Balam Acab – Dream Out

Knight Magic – El Baile de la Cumbia

Balam Acab – See Birds (Sun)

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originally posted on Rupture’s blog, Land o’ Mudd

 

Yesterday’s guest mix & interview by The Sick Girl(s) was excellent thumping late-summer fun, and I’m pleased to announce that on Monday September 13th, I’ll have South African boy wonder Spoek Mathambo live in-studio on WFMU 91.1 FM! Us black internationals gonna throw an on-air Tea Party.

I first encountered Spoek as part of Sweat X, his duo project that I wrote about for Fader’s Africa issue [PDF] two years back. That piece involved a lively interview and allowed me to get the following sentence into print: “Spoek Mathambo is a slippery post-Apartheid glam-rap prince from Soweto who is descended from distant African royalty, or Jewish, or both.”

Since then Spoek has been making steady moves for world domination, rapping, singing, sending me emails about mythical dinosaurs that can stop the flow of a river (and concept band/videos based on same), generally manifesting polyglot amazingness in all sorts of places (Johannesburg, Stockholm, Mrs Internet, Paris, Twitter), and, finally, AMERIKKKA, the country with the best hamburgers & weapons. Although I do love the gun-fetish object on Mshini Wam’s cover:

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So. We welcome him to our strange land with open arms. Fader is streaming his album for the rest of today, and we can watch these 2 videos to get some angles into Mr Mathambo’s complex musical visions… (HINT: the damaged Joy Division cover I’ve been playing out since Pitchfork festival last summer is 100% Spoek…. he’s lost control…)

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cross-posted to Mudd Uppity

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[The Sick Girls: A & J, pic by Push It]

Last I heard, the cost of living in Berlin was 1/4th that of New York City. Let’s think about that. You stop working in New York, buy a plane ticket, and can go there and stretch out your life for an entire season – spending roughly the equivalent of one NYC-month. True, the 1/4th thing was back when the euro was higher, but still…. Berlin exists as an alternate universe, where, despite the influx of cool tourists, the price of everything from coal-heated apartments to MDMA (so they tell me) remains very affordable. Plus it’s deliciously leafy and quiet and healthy, wide avenues and canals, if you want that. (Also: Turkish music! Let’s save that for another post.)

“Techno” famously rules within this alternate universe – one of my friends wakes up at 10am on Sundays to go dancing at one of those parties which hasn’t stopped since Friday night: she treats it as surreal morning exercise – so by playing crunked-up (non-techno) fantastic music and throwing a zuper party called Revolution no. 5 the Sick Girls are like rulers of an utopia moment within an alternate universe, which makes them superheros in our vaguely real world (and among its crowds of virtual doppelgängers). Which they are visiting tonight…

This is a roundabout way of saying: Jay-Oh, 1/2 of The Sick Girls, will be my special guest on today’s radio show. Berlin’s finest!

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[Jay-Oh and someone’s sneaker]

Jay-Oh will do a live mix and talk about Berlin’s musical climate, the upcoming Sick Girls compilation album, testosterone’s impact on club microgenres, promoting events versus producing beats, and, if we’re nice, we’ll get to hear some unreleased tunes from them…

Key Phrases: sick tricks, urban bass, scented revolution.

Note: the Sick Girl’s compilation will be released this fall on BBE Records, which is the same label putting out Fader coverboy Spoek Mathambo’s debut album. ‘Post-Apartheid post-hiphop posterboy’ Spoek will be my next WFMU guest, joining us live in-studio on September 13th.

So. Mark yr calendars, subscribe to the podcast (regular XML | iTunes), and tune in tonight, live 7-8pm, on WFMU 91.1FM. Nouveau Yorque, the city with the biggest rats.

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[originally posted at Mudd Up!]

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On today’s radio show, I’ll be joined by special guest Matt Shadetek! The top-notch producer (& my partner in all tings Dutty) just released his debut solo album, Flowers, and he’ll be treating us to a live DJ set followed by talk about production, new bizness strategies for creative folk, family man music, and more.

Check us live: Monday Aug 16th from 7-8pm EST, 91.1fm WFMU, streaming on internet & iPhone. If asynchronous event participation is yr thing, delve into my show’s deep archives or catch the podcast a week later…

In the meantime, here’s ‘Nightshade’ – I first used this in last year’s mix album, Solar Life Raft, and it resurfaced on Flowers – Matt’s instrumental album built from fresh beat momentum and a playful post-grime melodic sensitivity.

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Matt Shadetek – Nightshade

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[cross-posted to Mudd Up!]
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Two point one, baby! Woof! Moo!

For three years now I’ve hosted a show on WFMU (it’s rebroadcast weekly on a number of stations in Europe, such as Marseilles’ incredible Radio Grenouille 88.8 FM). FMU is a very progressive FM radio station when it comes to extending outward into the often-confusing world that Mr and Mrs Internet are building around us like an airy cage. WFMU’s archives are formidable – including the very useful accuplaylist function. Many shows (such as mine) are podcast, and our FREE iPhone app is, to put it humbly, utterly kick-ass. Now there’s a new version!

The biggest feature in version 2.1 is the ability to download shows for offline listening. For the cloud-averse among us, this is very good news. I like being offline (despite appearances to the contrary). In fact, I rock a jailbroken iPhone with a ‘regular’ phone service precisely so I can get the fun trix/touchy user interface and *not* have to buy an AT&T constant internet “data plan.” Because the idea of constant internet is vaguely terrifying. Because data diets can be as sexy/healthy as real diets. Because everything deserves an off-switch, or at least a pause button, especially if huge undersea cables and wireless beams of zeros & ones and post-panoptic auto-surveillance is involved. #JustSayin.

There’s also some twitteration & facebookability built in, plus the ability to leave live playlist comments, and a few other delightful whistles and useful bells. So.

The WFMU iPhone app. Always free, newly updated. Read about it on the WFMU blog, get it here (iTunes). Carry my show on the go, anywhere in this hot wired world, into the clouds… into the world of Applelicious DRM hell… and beyond…